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In contrast to Australia's success with hepatitis C, our response to hepatitis B is lagging

Author: Benjamin Cowie, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

While hepatitis B can't be cured in the same way hepatitis C can, effective treatment is available.From shutterstock.com

Around one-third of Australians living with hepatitis C have been cured in the last four years.

Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis C is one of five varieties of viral hepatitis (A-E), and alongside hepatitis B,...